Arizona · Nonprofit
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC (Arizona) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,184,175 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,966,700). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $6.2M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc does
Mission
The tucson museum of art and historic block connects art to life through meaningful and engaging experiences that inspire discovery, spark creativity, and promote cultural understanding.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Curatorial & exhibitions: to achieve its mission of "connecting art to life," the tucson museum of art and historic block preserves and interprets its collections of the art of latin america, art of the american west, and modern and contemporary art; cares for and interprets five significant el presidio historic properties; and produces related exhibitions, education programs, and publications which expand understanding and appreciation of these unique community resources. The museum presented 4 exhibitions during the fiscal year along with display of its collection.
$1,920,096 spent$360,225 earned by the program71% of program spendingEducation: the tucson museum of art fosters a deeper understanding and appreciation for its historic collections through its numerous educational programs. The museum offers a wide array of programs to the public, including the youth/pre-k-12 school programs, community outreach programs, family programs, accessible programs, and the research library. The museum's educational programs served k-12 schools with in-school classroom presentation, in addition to numerous public programs designed to engage all community members in conversations, lectures, gallery tours and other experiences that provide an interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional perspective of the permanent collection and special exhibitions.
$590,338 spent$344,649 earned by the program22% of program spendingMuseum store: the museum store features an impressive selection of works by arizona's most talented artists and craftspeople. Many of the works are on consignment from local artisans while others are purchased for resale. The store exists to provide an avenue of exposure for the local art community and supply tucson with a venue for local talent.
$201,215 spent$131,235 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,711,649.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $8.3M to $11M (+34%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 10% · 2022 4% · 2023 7% · 2024 3% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $220k → $498k.
14 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 42% · 2019 42% · 2020 20% · 2021 51% · 2022 40% · 2023 26% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
51% of TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
56% of TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.7M that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $391k on record — $390k federal, $502 state.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$220k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$105k
- National Endowment for the Arts$65k
- Royalties$502
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC?
- TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC (Arizona) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,184,175 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,966,700). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $6,184,175 in grants to TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,966,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 77 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing